2015年同等学力申硕英语强化练习及答案(7)

　　71. He stopped his ears with his hands to _____ the terrible noise.

　　A. show off

　　B. cut out

　　C. keep from

　　D. shut out

　　[答案] D. shut out.

　　[注释]shut out排除。

　　show off炫耀; cut out删掉; keep from; 1) 隐瞒; She kept the truth from me. (她向我隐瞒真相。) 2) 不沾， 避开; He keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。) 3) 使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing. (她没有笑出来。)

　　72. My house is the only brick one on the street. It _____ and you can´t miss it.

　　A. stands up

　　B. looks out

　　C. sticks out

　　D. wipes out

　　[答案] C. stick out.

　　[注释]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出， 突出; 显露， 显眼：1) The doctor asked him to stick his tongue out. 2) Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (这篇作文中拼写错误很显眼。) stick out (=endure to the end) 坚持到底; If you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在坚持一下， 一切都会好起来。)

　　wipe out 擦去， 消灭

　　73. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

　　A. poured

　　B. melted

　　C. drew

　　D. dismissed

　　[答案] A. poured.

　　[注释]pour 此处意为：涌出， 涌来， 如：People poured out to the rally. (人们踊跃参加群众大会。)

　　74. Although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.

　　A. state

　　B. intention

　　C. occasion

　　D. practice

　　[答案] D. practice.

　　[注释]practice (=way of doing sth. That is common or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法， 惯例 ：It is my practice always to rise early. To give credit 让赊欠：No credit is given at this shop. (这家商店概不赊欠。)

　　75. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.

　　A. news

　　B. print

　　C. publication

　　D. press

　　[答案] B. print.

　　[注释]in print是习语， 意指“印出来， 发表出来”， 如：She finally saw her novel in print. (她终于看到他的小说出版了。) in print 的另一个意思是“在印行， 还在发行”， 如：This book is still in print. (这本书还在发行， 可以买到) 反义词是out of print , 意指“不在印行， 买不到了。”如：The book you speak of is out of print. (你说到的那本书已不在发行了。)

　　76. The engineers have rejected the employers´ proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in _____.

　　A. opposition

　　B. return

　　C. sympathy

　　D. readiness

　　[答案] C. sympathy.

　　[注释] in sympathy 以示同情， come out 此处意为 (=declare oneself) 表明态度， 所以come out in sympathy 意为“表示同情”。In return 作为报答， 如：I wanted nothing in return . (我不要什么报答。) collaboration协作， 如：work in collaboration with sb. (与某人协力合作) 。Opposition 反对， 如：rise in opposition to (起来反对) 。readiness 准备 (状态); 待机， 如：having everything in readiness for departure (做好一切准备， 以便出发)。

　　77. Her work is often very hard and she gets very tired. The work is _____.

　　A. wonderful

　　B. splendid

　　C. tedious

　　D. magnificent

　　[答案] C. tedious .

　　[注释] tedious (=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting) “沉闷的， 厌烦的， 乏味的”。

　　Splendid 壮丽的， 辉煌的， 极好的。magnificent 壮丽的， 宏伟的：It was a magnificent ceremony. (这是一次盛大隆重的仪式)。

　　78. With prices _____ so much, it´s hard for the company to plan a budget.

　　A. fluctuating

　　B. waving

　　C. swinging

　　D. vibrating

　　[答案] A. fluctuating

　　[注释]本句前一部分是“with+名词+现在分词短语”的独立结构， 做状语。Fluctuate (=move up and down) (指物价， 标准等的) 波动。如：Prices fluctuate from year to year. (物价年年波动) wave飘扬， 挥舞; 招手; (庄稼的) 波动。Swing摆动， 摇摆; vibrate振动。可见， 根据题意， 只能选A. Fluctuating.

　　79. Some teenagers have a generalized resentment against society, which _____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.

　　A. deprives

　　B. restricts

　　C. rejects

　　D. denies

　　[答案] D. denies.

　　[注释]deny (=refuse to give or allow) 拒绝给予：He denied his children nothing . (孩子们要什么他就给什么。) deprive (=take away from) .剥夺。deprive sb. of sth.剥夺某人某物：They deprived women of the right to vote. (他们剥夺了妇女的投票权。) restrict (=keep within limits) The doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. (医生限制他一天抽5支烟。) reject (refuse to accept ) 拒绝接受， 如：She rejected my suggestion.

　　本题译文：一些十几岁的孩子们往往对社会有普遍的逆反心理， 虽然他们发育成熟， 但社会拒绝给予他们同成年人一样的权利和优惠。

　　80. Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

　　A. raised

　　B. grown

　　C. developed

　　D. cultivated

　　[答案] A. raised

　　[注释]本句中Though raised in San Franciscos是省略的让步状语从句。Raise (=bring up) 抚养：grow种植; cultivate耕作; 培养 (友谊等) 。如cultivate后接某人， 则意为“培养与某人的感情”。如：John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (约翰一向喜欢与事业上对他有用的人来往。)

　　本题译文：尽管在旧金山长大， 但戴夫米切尔总是愿意把小镇生活中平凡的事情记载下来。

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